Memory leaks in android

Question

I am developing an application that deals with storing lot of images in cache, I frequently encounter error like - out of memory. Can anyone suggest a way to deal with this issue

Error Log

Report of logcat :

06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965): java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset(Native Method)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:450)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:326)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:697)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1709)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:581)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.view.View.setBackgroundResource(View.java:7533)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at com.lht.icruise.activity.shipdetails.ShipDetailsActivity.onCreate(ShipDetailsActivity.java:99)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1586)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1638)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:928)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3647)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
06-27 19:41:16.425: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(13965):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Please post the stack trace from where you get the OutOfMemoryError — sparkymat, Jun 28 '11 at 08:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 28 '11 at 08:46

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If you using large bitmaps, recycling the bitmaps to free up memory using recycle() method on bitmap when that bitmap no more used, might help you.

answered Jun 28 '11 at 08:46

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As alternative (not so elegant) he can use`System.gc()` to free memory. – piotrpo Jun 28 '11 at 09:17

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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Check if this answer helps you: Strange out of memory issue while loading an image to a Bitmap object

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Jun 28 '11 at 09:17

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Memory leaks in android

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